Investing in Connected Technology to Reduce Preventable Deaths
In July 2018, Secretary for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock emphasised the importance of investing in connected solutions for achieving NHS goals “The patient...
Vision
The Vision category brings together forward-looking perspectives, emerging research and thought-provoking insights across health and wellbeing. It highlights breakthroughs, explores complex conditions and examines the wider social and psychological factors that influence health. From innovative treatments and new diagnostic tools to broader conversations about prevention and quality of life, this category looks beyond the immediate to consider where healthcare and wellbeing are heading.
Fitness Apps to Help Cancer Survivor’s Exercise
Fitness apps could be prescribed by clinicians to help patients recovering from cancer increase their physical activity levels, new research in the Journal of Cancer...
Let’s Not Be Quick To Dismiss ‘Breast Implant Illness’
Breast Implant Illness, or BII, is so far little known in the UK but has exploded in the US in recent months. Large numbers of...
Aspects of Age
A new exhibition 'Aspects of Age' opening this week at the Royal College of Nursing reflects how the way we care for older people has...
Frailty is still assessed only in terms of physical health
Frailty may still be primarily viewed only in terms of physical health – and not all physical, social, mental and environmental domains of frailty may...
Researchers discover new method of treating major eye diseases
WHO estimates that in 2010 there were 285 million people visually impaired, of which 39 million were blind This new research will enable the creation...
Brain Aneurysms can happen in Young People too
Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke suffered two brain aneurysms at just 24 years old. The first was a subarachnoid haemorrhage, which led to her...
5 signs of strokes in dogs
Strokes in dogs are relatively rare and can be difficult to spot. A stroke occurs when there is disruption to the blood flow to the...
Spare Parts – art and human repair
Opening this week at the Science Gallery London ‘SPARE PARTS’ a new exhibition exploring the idea of human repair and regeneration with artworks and installations...
